I Received Messages From Future Self!

Chapter 193: Chapter 193 Tom’s Diversion Strategy

[Tom: Received, I’m climbing up the exterior wall. Princess Your Highness, please keep an eye on Taotie’s movements.]

Tom hesitated for a moment, sent a WeChat message to Fang Xiaocao, and then began to stealthily approach the villa.

“OK!”

“Taotie just killed someone, he’s flogging the corpse!”

As Xiaocao listened intently to the noises outside the room, to the heavy sounds reminiscent of hitting a punching bag, and Taotie’s curses, she sent Tom a message.

[Tom: Received, I’ve started climbing.]

After replying to Xiaocao, and once again checking the villa’s perimeter for any of Blacklist’s hidden sentries, Tom leapt up, grabbed onto the decorative carvings on the exterior wall, and began to climb towards the second floor like a gecko on a wall.

The two-story height was as if nothing to Tom, who in a few swift moves clambered onto the balcony of a second-floor room, silently flipping over the railing.

Tom crouched on the balcony, taking out his phone.

[Tom: Princess Your Highness, I’m up on the second floor. I should be on the balcony next to yours. How’s Taotie’s situation?]

After sending the WeChat message, Tom tried to push open the balcony’s glass door only to find it was locked.

“OK!”

“Taotie is still flogging the body, but it seems Taotie’s gunshot-wounded underling is not dead, just grazed by a stray bullet and lightly wounded.”

“That woman has now joined Taotie; they’re both outside the room!”

Seeing Xiaocao’s message, Tom’s expression darkened, sensing trouble.

If the window to this room is locked, it’s likely the window to Xiaocao’s room is also locked.

If Xiaocao comes to open the window for him, it might alert Taotie.

Then Xiaocao could be in danger.

Tom tested the thickness of the glass and found it was just ordinary reinforced glass: “I can break this kind of glass with one punch.”

Tom also estimated the distance from the door to the window, muttering to himself, “Three seconds, at most three seconds. It won’t take Taotie more than three seconds to get from the door to the window. If I need to open the window, I must arm myself and take a shot within three seconds to ensure Princess Your Highness won’t get hurt by Taotie.”

“But could that woman be armed with a gun?”

“If she has a gun, even if I hit Taotie, Princess Your Highness could still very likely be shot by that woman.”

Thinking this, Tom’s expression grew even gloomier.

Allowing Xiaocao to fall into danger, even the possibility of injury, was not an option for him.

“Tom, have you made it over?”

Just then, Xiaocao sent another WeChat message, inquiring about Tom’s location.

After pondering for a bit, Tom opened WeChat and replied to Xiaocao.

[Tom: Princess Your Highness, the windows must all be locked, and the noise you make unlocking them might alert Taotie. If so, you could be in danger…]

Tom simply expressed his concerns in a message and sent it to Xiaocao.

“Fortune favors the bold, let’s gamble!”

“Hiding in this room, I’m in danger too. Taotie has already killed that man, and he may suspect that other accomplices are hiding in the villa and decide to search these rooms.”

The always audacious Xiaocao, after reading Tom’s concerns and analysis, only hesitated briefly before deciding to stick to the original plan, then set about reassuring Tom.

After reading Xiaocao’s WeChat message, Tom fell silent.

Fang Xiaocao made a lot of sense, Taotie was highly likely to conduct a thorough search of Villa No. 5.

“Princess Your Highness is right, I need to come up with a plan, to minimize the danger to Princess as much as possible.”

Tom muttered to himself and looked at the distance from his balcony to Xiaocao’s.

After pondering for a moment, Tom picked up his phone and began to compose a WeChat message to Xiaocao.

[Tom: Princess, you must act according to my plan to minimize your risk as much as possible.]

“No problem!”

“What’s your plan?”

Xiaocao replied instantly, inquiring about Tom’s plan.

[Tom: My room’s balcony is about one and a half meters from yours. I’ll jump straight over. Before I jump, I’ll smash the glass door of my balcony to attract Taotie’s attention.]

[Tom: What you need to do is to come to the window quietly now. As soon as you hear the sound of the glass breaking, immediately open the window and leave the gun on the balcony. After opening the window, get down on the floor as quickly as possible, preferably under the bed, so you won’t get hurt by mistake!]

[Tom: Once you’re ready, send me a message, and I’ll act immediately!]

“OK!”

“I’ll act right now and send you a WeChat once I’m ready.”

After reading Tom’s plan, Xiaocao pondered for a moment. After thinking it over and determining that his plan was indeed perfect, she agreed immediately.

Seeing Xiaocao’s response, Tom put down his phone, took off his jacket, wrapped it around his fist, and prepared to break the glass.

Xiaocao listened for sounds outside her room, making sure Taotie and the secretary weren’t planning to come in. She then took out two guns from her bag and wriggled out from under the bed as quietly as possible.

She checked the balcony door lock, which was secure, placed a gun and a black Dagger in front of the glass door, ensuring she could kick them onto the balcony once the door was open, and then sent Tom a message: “Tom, I’m ready!”

Seeing Xiaocao’s message, Tom took a deep breath and, without hesitating, punched the glass door.

With a “crash,” the sound of shattering glass rang out as Tom stepped on the edge of the balcony and leaped across, hurling his jacket into the air.

“There’s someone here!”

The moment the sound of breaking glass was heard, Taotie in the hallway let out a growl and started running quickly.

Hearing the commotion in the hallway, Xiaocao knew that Tom’s plan had worked. Without a second thought, she immediately opened the glass door and kicked both the gun and the black Dagger onto the balcony in one swift motion.

All movements were executed in one go.

Having finished, Xiaocao immediately got down on the floor, crawled under the bed, loaded her gun, and switched off the safety.

At the same time, a loud “boom” sounded.

Also, the sound of a door hitting the floor could be heard—it was the next room’s door, kicked open by Taotie.

“Not here!”

“Go next door!”

Taotie’s roar entered Xiaocao’s ears.

A muffled noise came from the balcony.

The next second, the crisp “click” of a handgun being loaded reached Xiaocao’s ears.

Hearing that sound, Xiaocao breathed a sigh of relief; she knew Tom had made it over.

Their plan had succeeded!